Admissions

Applications for Year 7 in September 2018 are to be made via your Local Authority. The deadline for applications was 31st October 2017.

If you have missed the deadline, please contact School Admissions at your Local Authority.

Offers for Year 7 September 2018 will be go out on 1st March 2018. If you are not successful in securing a place at Wellington School you can:

1. Request to go on the Wellington School waiting list

You must inform Trafford Local Authority of your wish for your son/daughter to be added to our waiting list. Please also write to Mrs S Roberts at the school (admissions@wellington.trafford.sch.uk) within 21 days, giving your child’s name, date of birth, current school, home address and contact telephone number.

2. Appeal against the decision not to allocate your child a place

You have, of course, the right to appeal against the School’s decision. If you would like to take up this option please state your intention in writing to Mr A Bryce-Clegg, Chair of Governors (admissions@wellington.trafford.sch.uk) at the school , within 21 days from receipt of this letter. Please include your child’s name, date of birth, current school, home address and contact telephone number.

Appeal hearings will take place during the week commencing 7th May 2018.

There will be a meeting for all parents appealing against the School’s decision not to offer places on Thursday, 3rd May 2018 at 6.30 p.m. At this meeting School will present its case as to why places have not been offered.

Parents will then be given the opportunity to present their cases at individual hearings throughout that week. Parents will be contacted in writing when a date/time has been arranged for their Appeal.

On time Appellants will receive at least 10 school days’ notice of their Appeal Hearing.

Where there are multiple days of appeal hearings decision letters will be sent within 5 school days of the last hearing date.